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…• VOL.1 NO. 38 AUGUST 29 • SEPT. 5, 1979 SERVING TRI--cOUNTY SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN Pi r Benton H rbor teacher are no on Left to r ht: CLARA HA ILTON HER DAUGHTER RS.D.EASLY …

…AUGUST 22 - 18, 1979 SERVING TRI·COUNTY SOUTH ESTERN MIC�IGAN VOL. 1 NO.37 • • TURN TO PAGE 3 Re u or er peer into the car containing the body of Susan Turner. 56 of G ry , Indian who drowned after her c r accidently plun d into the St. J eph over. She apparently put her car int rever . She refu d to bandon the ar saying couldn't swim. (Photo by R velt Fletcher) LA D d ignate the area from ain to Ri r Str t and Rivervie Drive th n ...…

…VOL. 1 NO. 36 AUGUST 15 - 21, 1979 TUR TOPAGE14 ). SERVING TRI-COUNTY SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN Price 20 cents TURN TO PAGE 3 WHE E DID TH� MO EY GO? I Littl League offi ials confronted the B nton Harbor Recreation Board on the hand­ ling of Little League funds. Trying ot figure out wh t h ppened are: O. to rt. standin Ted Hur ,L Director' Robert Hampton LL Tre ur r: John r LL retary; Jame John n LL an ger; Juanita hoI Board member' Rob...…

…After the Civil ar, the newly freed citizens attempted to • trace family memb_ rs and loved on s lost through th trafficing of slaves. Public gatherings became one of th most effective means of tracing .. '. Today's Bush Meeting is an adaptation of the old Bask t eetings. TUR TO PAGE 6 VOL. 1 0.35 AUGUST 9 - 15,1979 SERVI G TRI-COUNTY SOUTH ESTER winn rs in th August 8 B nton Harbor primary election are shown below. They will fac off ...…

…PAGES lind VOL. 1 NO 34 AUGUST 1 - 7, 1979 SERVING TRI-COUNTY SOUTH ESTERN ICHtGA p, 20 ts FOU YEA OLD SUIT I FEDE AL COU rrien County ut d the eigbborhood Youth Corp CITY COMMISSIO CA DIDATE FIRED BY THE COU TY LA VE WILL a candid e 10 Benton Harbor co .. ner-at e, . __ rued by Berrie County CET A. The I tter of tennination ted "insubordination: failure to 0 e poli- cy regardin reI of information to the media. It igned by le...…

…, "There was no accounting of what the city 'had spent in a six month period - for ten departments. " , .. . . for utili- AN EDITORIAL ON PAGE TWO ties. we found the city is apparently $22,000 overspen in that cate­ gory." SEE PAGE 3 VOL. I NO 33 JULY. 25 - 30,1919 SERVING TRI-COUNTY SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN JULY 25 - 30,1919 E SET� AUGUST 20 DE OLI E .. HO WIL CO T OL 2.2 MILLIO SEE PAGE 3 DETAILS 0 PAGE 3 …

…VOL. I NO. 32 , Servin estern Price GED SEE PAGE 3 DETAILS 0 PAGE 3 SEE PAGE 3 …

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…ICHtGA S turday July 7 i the last day r candidates for Benton Harbor ayor and four COmmission at to file nominating petition ac­ cording to argaret Adams of the Clerk's office. Expiring at are held by ayor Joel Patterson, First d Commissioner Edmund Eaman, Second ard Commi loner Tom­ mie Par s' and Commi 10- nets-at-large Charles Yar­ brough and orv 1 ei. Those, ho hay filed petition for ayor are Charles elly, 1142 Salem, an...…

…VOL: 1 O. 29 JUNE 26 - JULY 2, 1979 SERVI G TRI-COU TV SOUTH STER ICHtGA "Yet, minoriti h ve five ye r-old developm nt provided the majority of company but the fum of th jobs with their ] 8 per Butzb ugh and G r 1 ha cent of the funds n he dd- announced after three ed. mon ths th t the I Carr related that Ie inauditable, Henry than 20 job ere created Th DC offici and 15 of tho were du reported that cancelled to minority firms ho ob-...…

…VOL 1 0.28 JUNE 19 - 25, 1979 SERVING TRI-COU TV SOUTHWESTER ICHtGAN PE eve According to Forum organizers, the ichigan or r • 10 Th summer youth employment center, oper­ ated by the Twin Cities Area Chamber of Com­ merce,' no registering Berrien County teenagers for job . The center at 34S 12th Street, Benton Har­ bo , is open onday thru Friel y, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. according to Ben Butz- b ugh, director of the . ummer em...…

…VOL. 1 NO. 27 JU E 12, 1979 SERVING TRI-COUNTY SOUTHWESTERN ICHIGAN Pric 20 cents Th re is 2 hour-a-day surv iII�� of the Hotel Vincent by the Bums Security force . Hou d in th trailer n in the photo �bo, guards keep QPS on th hot I louted at th com r of in and Sixth Streets in downto n B nton Harbor. Th ecurity force has been hired by a Washington D.C. rchitectual firm that is in t proce s of dra iog up pecification for th remodeling ...…

…VOL. 1 The Benton Harbor Cit- izens dvi� 80 d has d th state Attorne General, F r n Kelley, for an "interpretation U of the Open tin Act it pplies to the special meet­ in call d by the ayor for Friday, ay 25. In a letter sent to the Attorney General, Arnold .: Smith, Ch irm n of the CAB, outlined the events preceding th m ting of y 25 and stated U e su - ted to the City Commis- . oners that the ction as not in eeping . th the...…

…VOL. 1 NO. 25 Benton H rbor City Commissioners Friday tao ction that should lead to th be innin of 200 to 300 ne hou ing units in th old IC Flats" Mea. The commission voted 6 to 2 nting Capitol nd Associates of Chicago a 90 d y extension on an option to purch 22 cres of City o ed urban ren aI land. Au orizing ichipn Stat Housing Development uth-ority to proceed ·th Capitol's mortga applica­ tion, th resolution came, ccording ...…

…NO. 24 AV 22,1979 , SERVING TRt-COU TV SOUTH ESTERN ICHIGA / H rbor Area tion c rd in th other ymbolizing po er nd re­ pon ibilit . "For too Ion , citizen­ ship edu ti n. nd oter re i tr tion ha eben con­ ducted in th conte t of (mo tl p rti n, f u d round an not t (18-24) PUSH- re mm nd d for do ing," id Elm r Hollen c, dir­ ector of bu in and fin nc for th Scho I Oi - tri t who ill th meting. not under- who cho out ...…

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…ICHIGA SERVI G 'TRI-COU TV SOUTH ESTER VOL. 1 0.22 AV 8,1979 writing I u rs to the edi­ tor and tated he h d not inv tigated hether or not it legal. o venport ch rg d Bolin lying. earl Bro n, 661 P­ vonn , is n employ of the Community 0 velop­ m nt Department nd wrote a scathing letter critical of Commi ion ction. Davenport said he ill as for n in stigation by th FBI and the County Pro cuter's office into the hou ing slat...…

…0.21 AY 1,1979 SERViNG TRI-COUNTY SOUTHWESTER ICHIGAN N st nd Price 20 cents U EFITS LOSS - ILL SET IPPLES TH OUGHOUT STATE" .: I I � . , I I case in olving a Ben­ ton Harbor city mploy currently pending before the merican Arbitration. Bo d ill have impact on the entir state ccording to the judg hearing the rbritration Judge Donald Krueger stated the case ill "set ripples throughout ichigan. tJ "This is a precedent tti...…

…VOLUME 1 NUMBER 20 SERVING TRI-COUNTY SOUTHWESTERN ICHIGA APRIL "24. �979 dvisor, od rs ems to be doin as o contributed to the succe of th BHHS Blood Ori , Friday. Rhoo<b, � student, r ceiv s nc from Red Cros volunteer rs. Ryan. c ocal h l p I. The Congressional BI c �ucus· organizing a nation wid mpaign against Presi- dent ter's proposed 1980 budg t c ts in ocial programs. The CBC is urging concern­ ed citizens to voice their...…

…SERVI G TRI-COUNTY·SOUTHWESTER E 1 U BER 19 ICHIGA APRIL 17.1979 • I A unanimous vote sup­ porting the Ad-Hoc Committee to End Racism's call for th res­ ignation of CET A Director el­ don Burden passed the B n ton Harbor City Commission on­ day night at its regular session. Th committe is send­ ing a letter to the County Bo rd of Commissioners de­ m nding the. "immediate res­ ignation" of eldon Burden. The City Commission­ e...…

…VOLU E 1 NUMBER1S SERVI G TRI-COUNTY SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGA C mmi i ncr; chi f mon them i Kenneth endzcl (R.) the ineligibl , co t f $131,000 uncovered by n udit re son to drop the pro r m. The c t ere in- curred during th beginni ye r of CETA in 1975 and 1976. information to ction. The I of for much 0 th bout. C mmis ioners rol pia ed b dmini tr - tion of CET A under Director eldon Burden in th (cumu- lation of in ligibl co t...…

…Volume 1 umber 17, . Servi 9 the Tri-County area of Southw t rn ichig n $14,500 '11 dmini trati a f cility th th nton Federal Credit Union. c Coyemph 'zed that the fun(k '11 be used only in Benton HNbor. pr I t its replar bi- kly meetJng, UCOC tipub.ted that th fund must be u d "exclusi by firm in city of B ton Harbor". T group's proposal further tes that th funds if gnnted by OSP - must be used in 'reuining d ere ting jobs ...…

…Serving th Tri-County area of South est rn Michigan cou o TYCOM IS PE ARCH 27, 1919 ISSIO OVERlOO T CETA FU D R tUrry Reynolds �s fOl'WNd to make d. A spec' 8cw'd in is 5C for ch 28 �t 7:30 p.m. to d' u �dit By Terry Kelly Th recent furor over the CET A ineligible cos resulted in th pa ing of a r solution by th County Bo d requiring that II n contrac bet n eET A and local municipaliti es and school districts contain pro­ vi ...…

…gencv ineli i- U BER lS o I Si e •• .' COLLI S is this Ie's Soul Sister. You can read all ab�ut her on page 7. (Photo by Joseph Chillers) brought out is that the County C 0 itself in the administration of the program has incurred- ineli­ � gible costs of $21, 495.00 and bl costs incurred in the CETA its 0 n County run agencies program. have racked up some $77,830 The Count as Prime in ineligible co ts. Sponsor of th rrien. ...…

…VOlU 1 U BER 14 \ A meetin ith County Commissioner Charles Hender- Front Ro (I.,.): Co ch I Gillesp· , R�y Jones, Jimmy Hin s, Mark Adkins, Ronald Page, , on and Sheriff Forrest" ic ,� .je ell took plac� Friday Febru­ Chris Ho rd, Shedrice Ban . B ck Ro : Uri Jones, Eric Rushing, Tyrone Hampton, Com II E II, ickey Johnson, Rod Hollic:by, I Dortch, Johnny Youn . r 23 as' a follow-up to Henderson's criticism of the Sheriff's hiring pr...…

…I Volum 1 umber 13 Se"i B nton H rbor and B nton To ns iD' rch 6, 1979 Ly So i ion ailable or 001 board 'c�ndida es Anyone interested in running for the Benton t-Wbor Board of Education Can obtain petitions at office at 711 East Britain. There ° '11 be th open: that of appoin Fanner, J r, and those of J eton and E elyn Que 01 on. EI tions are June 11 ·th line of 4 p.m.,' day, . 9 for. filing petition Candidates mus eotaln ...…

…arch " NU BER 12 Serving B nton Harbor and Benton Township FEBRUARY 27. 1979 • \ , • , po tponed t Chittenden's re­ que t. H decl ined to com- 1'!1 nt further ying th matter was bing handled by the city . attorney. Farmer did dd, ''The opl in the local don't no Hat's in the contract. Out- ide rson from Lansing comes in d take things bac and d cid s for them. It's funny. Farmer m intained that CETA Speci I Project employ­...…

…j I all raci m iff's force. I Of 102 employ , 12 Bt : th h ad coo ; three c riul staff; t ·0"81 c omen guards; one BI c .rn e guard; d fi BI c patrolmen, U I t rna es m . c ,It Henderson ide He stated th t of the recent el t hires, the eriff d 51 to choose from, fiv of those bein Blac m les. Hend rson call d on Otto Grau (R-Ste ensville) who i ch irman of th administra­ tion committee to 100 int th matter.· � ( • Volum ...…

…Vol. 1 No. 10 Man gement of a CET A-funded program by Ben­ ton Harbor city h aprked a controversy and brought in the FBI. A CET A administrativ error might pro e to be the cause of the furor. At is ue is 'the Residen­ tial Beautification project th t was pproved by CET A to begin last arch 24. Originally the projec was to have ended­ September 28, 1978 but t 0 extensions of the project were later appro d by CET A. T entv-six ...…

…Plan for a $19.5 mil­ lion development along River­ vie Drive re unveiled at ay night's City Commi­ sion meeting by City ManaS! el F rmer and Community De lopment . Director Chris Davenport. I Called th Riv rview Drive Dev lopment Plan, there e fi pects to th program. An $11 million 10 nd mod rate income hou ing d 1- opm nt; a $350,000 P destri n Pt ; 6 million R taurant, Hotel nd Convention complex; $1 million R identi I Reh b...…

…Vol. 1 0.8 By Ch elly ;, . An apparent attempt to control CET A funding re- _ suited in an unan unced pr_ vate m ting at the CET A I on dnesd y, January 24 at 8:00 in th momin . I I ad appearing in ified tion of th as the only offi­ cial announcement prior to r ting th available to county for the economically disad ntaged. The legal did not indud notic of the early morning m ting, or of any tinge At tate i th ne thrust of ...…

…Incorpo alion dilional cil e s funding The pi nn d incorpora­ tion of the Benton. Harbor Citizen's dvisory B rd could m n incre d federal funding for the City through the ed ral eighborhood Progr m. Th funding i . available to incorporated Citizen's P rtici­ p tion .group for economic d lopment, crime prevention, nd r habilitation projects. Application for econo­ mic de elopment and reh bilita­ tion monies require the approval...…

…t • • CI • • T r ' I • r co e I ligible cosl 01 on y By Inez Holm A peel I meeting h Id T esdav, J nuary 9 t the CET A office , 2160 -139, t 9:30 it th City of B nton Harbor. According to Rol nd Osel a, Ch irm n of th Board of COmmission rs, th county S to ch ng its y tem of �yin CET A fund to the cit . Th purpose of the meting was to discu s th t change. The city h s at ay receiv d CET A funds prior to paying its ...…

…Vol. 1 Board' positions cr ated •• elly The Benton Community F deral Credit Union opened it door onday, [anu ry 8, . � ith me dr matic chan .l Kno n formerly a the P ople's Fed ral Credit Union, the organization h so � .. add d more positions on the Bo d of Directors. ifh re ·11 no be 15 I Board m mbers, ereas there e 11 at th time the in titution ord red clo- sed, d only nine members r tJy n Th Fed rat court ord - ed th C...…

…f I G TIGERS; front ro [l-r}: COKh cKee, ichael GiII�' , Ray Jones, Jimmy f;tines, ark, dins, Ronald Page, Chris Ho d, .' Bac Ro : Carl Jones, Eric Rushing, Tyro Hampton, Cornel E ell, ickey Johnson�Rod Holli<by, Jam 0 ch, J hnny I' Photogr phy by Lance Ferr 0 Studio. I •. • • TUR TO P G " •• TU TOP G " Greer re pond d that h h d enjoy d or ing ith th Berrien County So rd "Being in po ition like th t, I feel I h ve helped cc mp...…

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…- • ... , .. , I " After 0 YeMS of an- nin nd aid", for &rant fu • . I County Health DepMtmen lau a rodent COO 01 ton Harbor. ''T' ty-ni per cent buildinp in this area sho si of rat infestation," orris gid. .. pet' cent is considered cup �ists ·.from State of ithipn Health DepMt have come from Unsin to train loCal crew in doi the survey, �ti"l properly, and edUQtiOl people to chan their behavior for a cleaner environment...…

….1 I . ··.A oup of activist from B rrien, ss and Van Bur couri- have joined tog her to form- a n tri-county communi y organi- �. zation, I United Tri-county Communi- ty Organization (UTCO) will be . ad quartered at 89 W. ain Street. Benton I Harbor. according to Charles Kelly. a Benton Harbo busin ssm n and founder 0 the group. According 'to I Kelly, UTCO will serve he interests of the disad­ v nta d - black or white - in the S...…